Genetics
As I'd mentioned in a previous email, I am a quarter Jewish.
What? How can one be 1/4 of a religion?
The answer is you cannot be. But "Jewish" is not just a religion, it is an ethnic population. It is impossible to neglect this fact. The descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel form an ethnic population.
Much of this can be traced through genographic information. For example, I recently participated in the National Geographic Genographic Project. I gave them samples of my DNA and discovered my Y-DNA information. I am in haplogroup E3b and my Y-chromosome is M35.
So what?
A little research shows that there are two haplogroups that are found in higher frequencies among Jewish populations than in others. They are the J-group and the E-group. In addition, the E3b strain is apparently strong in eastern Europe. My father's family came to the U.S. from Russia.
I'm truly Jewish.
What? How can one be 1/4 of a religion?
The answer is you cannot be. But "Jewish" is not just a religion, it is an ethnic population. It is impossible to neglect this fact. The descendants of the twelve tribes of Israel form an ethnic population.
Much of this can be traced through genographic information. For example, I recently participated in the National Geographic Genographic Project. I gave them samples of my DNA and discovered my Y-DNA information. I am in haplogroup E3b and my Y-chromosome is M35.
So what?
A little research shows that there are two haplogroups that are found in higher frequencies among Jewish populations than in others. They are the J-group and the E-group. In addition, the E3b strain is apparently strong in eastern Europe. My father's family came to the U.S. from Russia.
I'm truly Jewish.
posted by E-Luv at 9:24 AM
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